Shorts



May 28, 1940. J. B', sTovALl.

' SHORTS Filed Jan. 19. 19394 Patented May 28, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates generally to under-pants, and more particularly toimprovements in shorts.

The invention is designed with the particular purpose in view ofproviding a pair of underpants embodying practical means forfacilitating dressing the male generative organs on the left side andconstraining the same with comfort.

To the accomplishment of the above subordinate objects presentlyappearing, a preferred embodiment. of my invention has been illustratedin the accompanying drawing, set forth in detail in the succeedingdescription and defined in the claim appended hereto.

In said drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a pair of shorts equippedaccording to my invention,

Figure 2 is a View in transverse section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure1 looking downwardly as indicated by the arrows,

Figure 3 is a View in front elevation of the flap, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary View in front elevation drawn to an enlargedscale of the patch and the strap carried thereby.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, the shorts I to which my inventionis shown as applied, are of the usual pattern and construction,including the waist-band 2, right and left legs 3 and 4, and the fly 5including the usual fly edge reinforcing strip 6.

According to my invention a substantially triangular cloth flap 'I isstitched at its base edge, as at 8, to the inner, or crotch side of theleft leg 4, said flap being, as will be understood, inside the leg anddesigned to extend toward the right or thigh side of said leg with itsside edges free. Preferably said flap I is stitched together with theinside leg seam 'I' usual in such garments and is cut out at one corner,as at 9, to fit around the lower end of the fly reinforcing strip 6.Also, preferably, said flap I is of double thickness. The free corner,or apex I0, of said flap has secured thereto a strap II preferably ofcloth. A square patch I2 is sewed, as at I3, to the front of the leftleg 4 adjacent to the thigh side thereof and slightly above the freecorner I0 of said flap, said patch and said leg having formed therein abutand i tonhole-like aperture I4. A strap I5 is stitched, as at I6, tothe outside edge of said patch I2.

In the use of the described invention, the organs are confined betweenthe flap 'I and the left leg of the wearer, the strap II inserted 5through the aperture I4 from the inside of the garment and tied to thestrap I5. As will be obvious, by manipulating the strap II against thepatch I2, that is pulling the same through the aperture I4, the thighside of the left leg 4 and 10 the flap 7, together with the inner sideof said leg, may be pulled toward each other to tighten the flap aroundthe organs as desired and thereby coni-lne the same between said flapand the left leg of the wearer.

The foregoing will, it is believed, suffice to impart a clearunderstanding of my invention without further explanation.

Manifestly the invention, as described, is susceptible of modificationwithout departing 20 from the inventive concept, and right is hereinreserved to such modifications as fall within the scope of the subjoinedclaim.

. The combination with a pair of shorts including right and left legs,of a substantially triangular ap of flexible material in one leg havingits base edge stitched to said leg to extend along the leg on the crotchside thereof, the remaining edges of said flap being free, and means forattaching the apex of said flap to said one leg comprising a strapextending from said apex,

a patch secured to the front of said one leg vadjacent the thigh. sidethereof, said one leg and patch having a buttonhole-like aperture formedtherethrough for the extension of said strap through the same from theinside of said one leg, and a second strap secured to said patch fortying to the strap first mentioned, said patch and button hole beinglocated above the apex of said flap whereby said straps when tied pullupwardly on said flap to cause the lower edge thereof to hug the leftleg of the wearer closer than the upper edge, thereby permitting saidupper edge to bulge outwardly of said leg.

JOHN BESTER STOVALL.

